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Seaboard Air Line, Florida Western and Northern

the boom railroad

Founded
1925
Evidence class
historic or successor
Place
Coleman through Sebring and Okeechobee to West Palm Beach
District
The Ridge
Status as of 12 September 2026
The corridor survives as the CSX and Amtrak route.
Connections
3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.036 (rank 40 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 197) · outside share 0.00
Confidence
Medium · sources: [WFWN] [WSEB] (register)

The Seaboard drives its final spike on 21 January 1925 and the Orange Blossom Special carries its president and 500 guests to West Palm Beach four days later, crossing the Ridge at Sebring and the north shore at Okeechobee [WFWN][WSEB].

Connections

Support

  • supportedAvon Parksecond railroad through the Ridge town1925
  • supportedSebringthe Orange Blossom Special and the 1924 station1924 to present
  • supportedOkeechobeethe West Palm Beach line crosses the FEC at the north shore1925